TNABaddboi 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2005 iMPACT! STREAMING WIDELY VIEWED Nashville, TN (July 7, 2005) TNA Wrestling streamed its first episode of iMPACT! on Real Broadcast Network last week and reported over 100,000 downloads in the first 48 hours. New episodes are available every Friday on TNAWrestling.com and previous shows are archived on the site. TNA’s office has been flooded with phone calls from fans wanting to keep up with iMPACT! since TNA left its timeslot on FSN at the end of May. The streaming of iMPACT! was initially tested a week earlier, but due to heavy download volume, the show had to be re-launched the following week on Real Broadcast Network using larger servers that could handle the intense traffic. TNA programming is seen in 118 countries worldwide and fans are gearing up for the next pay-per-view, “NO SURRENDER,” that will air live on July 17, 2005. I think that's a pretty good number of viewers for an online broadcast. Does anyone have an average FSN rating so we could see how much the loss of TV has hurt their visibility? I think it's been said that they expect 10% of the viewers to order the PPV, so if they stay in that range, they'll do at least 10,000 buys for No Surrender, which is the range they were in before the switch to monthly, but they'll be bringing in more because of the higher price and lower production costs of doing one a month versus 4. I think if they stay in that range, they can be ok until they have TV, but obviously they'd need more eyeballs eventually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedJed 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2005 What they need to do NOW to follow up on this is bump up the U.S./Canada syndication for Impact. If they are staying dark til Oct, between the two, that might be ok. TNA, regardless of TV right now, might be finding that streaming the show online is a good marketing tool though for the ppvs, if anything. Just got done watching this weeks show on Sun Sports, wasnt too bad although there was nothing that felt main event like. Obvious victim of the third taping of four in one night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
